Some may have noticed that post counts have gone down over the past few weeks. There were posts on most forums that dated back to 2004. NASCAR and Hot Topics were the two areas with the most old threads.

When I came to the Sports forum, I was somewhat tired of deleting older links a page at a time. While reliable, it was very time consuming. It was at that time that I chose to use the Prune option and that was a mistake, even though I established very specific pruning criteria.

I am attempting to get those forum posts back, but it may not be possible. I sincerely apologize, it was not my intent to "nuke" the Sports forum.

I had considered using the Prune option for Chit Chat, NASCAR and HT. In hindsight, I am now thankful that I chose the Sports forum as the "guinea pig" for my laziness

All I can say is Woops

In all honesty and to be candid, there were very few threads from 2017 in the Sports forum. It would probably be easier for all to re-post any relevant threads and move on.

As a rule, from this point forward it will be safe to assume that every forum will be limited to two years worth of thread topics, plus whatever is created for the new year.

For example, at the beginning of 2018 you all will still be able to see posts from 2016 and 2017, in addition to what is created in 2018. At the end of 2018, threads from 2016 will be pruned. That is the plan moving forward.